Secretary Langley with Others Survey Zoo Grounds

Summary

Secretary Samuel P. Langley with others survey the grounds of the newly established National Zoological Park. In the photograph, left to right, are Mr. Olmsted's assistant; James W. Traylor; C. W. Schuermann; Frederick Law Olmsted; Dr. Frank Baker; Secretary Langley; William Temple Hornaday; Harry W. Dorsey; and W. C. Winlock. The George Brown Goode house appears in the far right of the photograph on the former Columbia Road.

Author

Unknown

Subject

• Baker, Frank 1841-1918
• Dorsey, Harry W 1874-1960
• Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906
• Winlock, William C
• Hornaday, William Temple 1854-1937
• Olmsted, Frederick Law 1822-1903
• National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

This is the old Z-123 neg. There are a series of photos of this trip to the new NZP at this SIA location.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives,Record Unit 95, Box 35, Folder: 3

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1888

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Secretaries
• Schuermann, C. W
• Traylor, James W
• Zoos
• Secretariats

Form/Genre

• Card photograph
• Group, candid

ID Number

75-1755

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 5w x 3h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Card photograph

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